GeoCities shares the wealth with members.

Web company GeoCities announced a new service that allows its 3.5 million members to take a percentage of any business they pass along to merchants affiliated with the online community. "Pages That Pay",as the new program is called, connects Geocities homesteaders to 16 major merchants, including Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble, Staples and Egghead.com. Previously, GeoCities members could transact business on their individual Web sites, but had to manage their dealings themselves. With "Pages That Pay",GeoCities now offers a simple means by which its members receive a percentage fee for sales resulting from the referral of another member to a merchant site. "This is something that we think takes a really good program on the Internet and consolidates it and makes it stand together," company spokesman B. Zanca said. "It is a win for GeoCities because we get a fee from merchants. It is a win for marketers because they are reaching a new consumer base. And it is a win for consumers because they get to make money for sharing space on their Web site.